Improvement in smut-machines



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No. 110,475. A Patented Dec. 27, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 110,475, dated December 27, 187i).

IMPROVEMENT `IN SMUT-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.v

ofVirginia, have inventeda new and Improved Smut- Machine, of which the following is a fulland exact description, reference being had t0 the accompanying 'drawing and letters .of reference'marked thereon, of

which- Figure 1 represents apart side and part sectional view of our machine.

Figure 2, a top view, lshowing also the dischargingspout.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is. va shaft or axle running through the center of the machine, and is made of iron.

B B B arc porfin-ated hoops or sections 'of plateiron or other metal.

C C C are scouring-plates or disks, made of cast or plate-iron, truly balanced and hung, and firmly se'- cured onto` the axle A, in n-umber and distance apart to suit the number and depth of sections B in the machine.

AD D are concave double funuels or diaphragms, of plate-iron or other metal. Y

E E E are fans or wings, of plate-iron or other metal, and are secured to the scouring-plates C O C by pins or pillars, leaving space suticient under the lower edge of the fan for wheat or other cereal to circulate freely over the scouring-plates,

FF 11" are also fans or wings, made of cast or plate-metal, andare secured to the under surface of the scouring-plates C.

G- is a pulley secured to the axle A, causing the whole machiner to revolve when the belt is attached.

HQH H H are chutes or spouts, also of plate-iron or tin, through and down which a continuous blast of clean air is caused to be rushed in orde-r toassist in cleansing the wheat or other cereal.

I is a shoe at the top of the machine.

K is the hopper, in and through which all the wheat to bc cleansed-is to enter and pass.

L L L is the dust-chamber, into which the dust from the wheat passes from the apertures a a and b l).

M M is the frame of the machine, which is made of wood.

N is the dischargingspout or tangent, through which thedust passes.

O O are iron heads,-with central openings, the top to receive the hopper K, and the bottom to admit air to the lower fans.

I P P are brackets to secure the cylinderin position. f

R R are rods passing through the brackets l P. -S S are rims at top Vand bottom, by which the dust-chamber L is formed.

a a a aie circular air-holes, punched through the top of sections B, in order that the dust may cscape t0 the dust-chamber L.

b b b are also longitudinal cuts or long narrow transverse slots for the passage of dust to the dust-chamber L.

' It will be observed that the perforated hoops or sections B B are larger in diameter than the scouring-plates C C C, so as to give space suicient through which the wheat will 'pass downward;

c c c c is a series of pins or pegs, made of metal, and are firmly fixed to the top of the scouring-plates O G C, so that when the machine is in motion the wheat or other cereal is agitated, scoured, and cleansed from all impurities. XVe do not confine ourselves to 'any particular uumber of sectionsor scouring-plates; We sometimes use only two, generally three, and sometimes four or five. To operate our machine, the belt is placed on the pulley G, 'by means of which the axle or shaft A and all its attachments of scouring-plates C C, fans E and F, and pins c c c, are put in motion. i

The wheat or grain is fed into thehoppcr K 'at top by means ofthe shoe I. It falls on center of theb scouring-plate O, is agitated over the surface and among the pins c c c, and under the top fans E, and by centrifugal force is driven to the verge of the scouring-.plate Q, when it falls, meeting the action of the under fans F until it reaches the funnel-shaped diaphragm D; by it is conducted back to the center of the machine.

Y A-.blast enters the machine through hopper K being drawn in by the top wings 0r fans E, which drives it, with `the dust, chatf, and light particles, through the lsurrounding upper portion of perforated hoops B, and through the apertures a a a and b b b into the dustechamber L.

A fresh clean blast of air also enters the machine through the spouts H H H H, traversing the dustchamber being drawn in by the combined power of ,the lower fans F of the first disk and the upper fans driven by then/ings or fans F through the sheet of falling grain, and causes all loosened particles to pass through the perforations a a a and b b b of the hoop or sections B opposite these fans.

The remaining portion of this blastfwith the grain thus scoured aud fanned, then eutersthe next section or compartment of the machine at the center to be again subjected to similar operations in the same order, and so on in each successive compartment or section 'of the machine, whether there be two,three', or more sections.

After passing the wings or fans F in the last section, the wheat'or other grain is deposited on the outer boundary of the lower head O, and'by the action of the fans is carried around till it falls through the oblong openings in its verge.

The chaff, light grain, smut, and dust driven through the perforatious a a a and b b b of the cylinder of hoops B B into the surrounding dust-chamber L is carried by the blast round this chamber to and through the tangent discharging pipe N.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as'uew, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

Claim,

fort-h.

WM. H. KITE. Witnesses: G. S. NEWMAN.

THos. W'. KITE,

E. F. SPRINKEL. 

